Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Interview Questions and Answers

IBM spectrum Protect formerly known as Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) interview questions are posted below. These are the common interview questions asked in L1 and L2 level TSM administration job interviews. These questions will be helpful to crack the interview for the people who are trying to enter into TSM backup technology.Also Read:IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) Basic Free Tutorials

TSM Interview Questions:

1. What is policy management?Ans. It tells us about how to treat the client data to be backup(in simple words set of rules for backup data).2. Policy management hierarichy?Ans. domain, policy set, management class, copygroup.3. Is it possible to create multiple policysets under a single domain?Ans: YES, but at a time only one policyset can be active.4. Is it possible to create multiple Managementclass under a single policyset?Ans. Yes, but one should be default mgmtclass5. Tell me bout TSM copygroup parameters ?Ans. Version Exist---------How many copies to maintain the client data.Veresion Delete ---- How many copies to maintain the client data after it is deleted from the client machine.Retention Extra------How long we need to maintain the inactive data.Retention Only------How long we need to maintain the last version of the client data after it has been deleted from the client machine.6. What is TSM Versioning?Ans. The client data which is backedup are managed according to versions. The latest backup is called Active version and all the previous versions are called Inactive versions7. What are your Daily Activities ? Health Checking of TSM Server by running these commands Check Q DB, Q LOG, Q SYSTEM, Check for Scratch Volumes. Check Missed, failed Backups - Q Event * *Also Read:Storage Area Network (SAN) Basic Free Tutorials